SOLUTION: Consider a low cost airline operating a 120-seat plane. The company typically sells 125 tickets on the flight since not all passengers usually show up for their reserved seat.
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Question 612518: Consider a low cost airline operating a 120-seat plane. The company typically sells 125 tickets on the flight since not all passengers usually show up for their reserved seat.
The probability that a passenger misses his/her flight is 0.10 and we consider that all passengers behave independently.
(a) What is the probability that every passenger who shows up for the flight can get a seat?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Consider a low cost airline operating a 120-seat plane. The company typically sells 125 tickets on the flight since not all passengers usually show up for their reserved seat.
The probability that a passenger misses his/her flight is 0.10 and we consider that all passengers behave independently.
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Binomial Problem with n = 125 and p(shows up) = 0.9
P(0<= x <=120) = binomcdf(125,0.9,120) =
(a) What is the probability that every passenger who shows up for the flight can get a seat?
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P(0<= x <=120) = binomcdf(125,0.9,120) = 0.9961
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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